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...delighted by time's choice for Person of the Year [Dec. 25, 2006?Jan. 1, 2007]. It was well-deserved recognition for the Internet users who are coming together to shape the future in virtually every sphere of our lives. But it is also an opportunity to reflect on how the Internet is a product of the work of collaborating communities, which means there is no central control and no restriction on the creativity and genius that bring new applications online each day. Open standards and collaboration, rather than top-down or centralized governance, have ensured that the Internet...
...surface these appear like classic democratic efforts to respect the rights and deeply held principles of minorities. But people feel just as deeply about gun control and abortion and global warming and, of course, war and peace. We can customize our tax returns to reflect the policies we're willing to support and our oaths of office to reflect the laws we're willing to enforce. But at that point democracy as a miraculous system of respectful accommodation shatters...
...valley near the Swiss border. It sounds cozy, but come wintertime, nestled turns nasty, as not a ray of sun touches the town for nearly three months. So Viganella's mayor got the bright idea to install a giant, rotating mirror on a 900-m-high ridge to reflect the sun down on the shaded town's lone piazza...
...delighted by TIME's choice for Person of the Year [Dec. 25, 2006--Jan. 1, 2007]. It was well-deserved recognition for the Internet users who are coming together to shape the future in virtually every sphere of our lives. But it is also an opportunity to reflect on how the Internet is a product of the work of collaborating communities, which means there is no central control. Open standards and collaboration, rather than top-down or centralized governance, have ensured that the Internet's development remains in the hands of those who know most what they need...
...waiting with bated breath for our university to make a grave misstep in either direction, we find ourselves in a textbook case of "damned if you do, damned if you don’t." No matter who is selected, the selection will be viewed as reactionary rather than a reflection of the merits of the individual chosen, and will thus reflect negatively on Harvard in one way or another...